Exercise should not be a torture. Rather, it should be an activity that you enjoy and that you achieve goals and set new ones.
There is a lot of research into what exercise suits your fitness needs and goals, which foods to combine with what exercise regimen, but there is one ingredient in the formula that facilitates everything: music!
Matthew Stork of the University of British Columbia conducted a study on how to make high intensity interval training (HIIT) more manageable. His findings were published in the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
Research has shown that certain music can be the key to maintaining intense workouts.
Specifically, with the right choice of music, exercise will make you more comfortable and mentally less strenuous.
In collaboration with musicians from Brunel University in London, Stork assembled a group of respondents who rated 16 different songs at a fast pace. According to estimates, Stork made a playlist of three songs that received the highest ratings in terms of motivational potential.
“Music is usually used as a dissociative strategy. That means it can distract you from the physiological reactions to exercise such as accelerated heartbeat and muscle pain, "Stork explains in the report, adding that the best choices for exercise music are fast-paced songs.
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